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Synonyms
e·mo·tion (ĭ-mṓshən)

[French émotion, from Old French, from esmovoir, to excite, from Vulgar Latin* exmovēre, Latin ex-, ex-, + Latin movēre, to move.]

noun 

  1. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, reverence, hate, and love.
  2. A state of mental agitation or disturbance: spoke unsteadily in a voice that betrayed his emotion. See synonyms at feeling
  3. The part of the consciousness that involves feeling; sensibility: “The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect” (Isaac Bashevis Singer)